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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rowe know about Jim?
(a) He has been giving information to the Vietcong.
(b) He has stopped eating.
(c) He has started to decline to death.
(d) He has made plans to escape.

2. Why do the Vietcong continually move those in the camp?
(a) To weaken them.
(b) To remain out of harm's way.
(c) To confuse them.
(d) To scare them.

3. Rowe decides again to try an escape and plans to go in what?
(a) A canal boat.
(b) A truck.
(c) A car.
(d) A plane.

4. What does Rowe do for the men?
(a) He cooks the final meal for them all.
(b) He gives them gifts.
(c) He gives them what valuables he still possesses.
(d) He helps them to escape.

5. Rowe continues to know that he could be released if he does what?
(a) Says what he is being told to say.
(b) Gives the location of Tan Phu.
(c) Blackmails the Vietcong.
(d) Gives the Vietcong money.

6. He waits for a rescue attempt but decides it is not going to come, so what does he do?
(a) He joins the Vietcong army.
(b) He says what the Vietcong want him to say.
(c) He plans an escape attempt of his own.
(d) He gives up.

7. What is Rowe given?
(a) Two baby hawks.
(b) Two baby eagles.
(c) Two baby leopards.
(d) Two baby pigeons.

8. What is Rowe told to expect?
(a) Fear from the natives.
(b) Animosity from the natives.
(c) Nothing from the natives.
(d) Help from the natives.

9. Why are the men not allowed to buy food?
(a) They catch enough fish that they do not need other food.
(b) There is no food to buy.
(c) They need other supplies more desperately.
(d) The Vietcong are providing their food.

10. At first, what do these men plan to do to Rowe?
(a) Capture him.
(b) Save him.
(c) Ignore him.
(d) Shoot him.

11. Rowe is continually pressed to do what?
(a) Translate for them.
(b) Tell the Vietcong of the American Army's location.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Write a statement siding with the National Liberation Front.

12. Why does Rowe feel somewhat exhilarated?
(a) He makes new friends.
(b) He is allowed more freedom.
(c) He is growing stronger.
(d) He is to be responsible for no one other than himself.

13. How does Rowe draw attention to himself?
(a) He goes into a clearing and waves his white mosquito netting.
(b) He yells in English.
(c) He goes into a clearing and jumps up and down.
(d) He begins to scream.

14. How does Rowe find the will to resist?
(a) In prayer.
(b) In the actions of his fellow POWs.
(c) In the actions of the Vietnamese people he encounters during the tour of the region.
(d) In the actions of the Vietcong.

15. Is Rowe punished?
(a) No, not at all.
(b) Yes, somewhat severely.
(c) Yes, severely.
(d) Yes, but not severely.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rowe feel after eating this meal?

2. What do the men then do quickly?

3. Besides moving, what else do the Vietcong do to stay out of harm's way?

4. How quickly is Rowe recognized?

5. Rowe hastily comes up with a cover story, saying that he'd been trying to find better fishing grounds and that he'd set lines along the way. What is enough to plant doubt that Rowe is trying to escape?

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